The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-11


had some faint hopes that they would tumble
down.
While standing in chair the other day
engaged in some household operation
cleaning house, probably-Mrs. David Dillon
fell and broke her arm. Moral Don't clean
house.
Ed. Labadie has bought George Lyle's
farm, situated on Three Mile Lake. II Ed.
keeps on long enough, he may own clear
around the lake. When he does, we speak
for chance to go fishing.
G. Ii. Smith Jr. of Hartford Conn.,, and
his wife, formerly Miss Kittie Kemble of this
village made visit to friends here last week.
Mr.. Smith has returned home; his wife will
visit friends in the far west.
G. w. Young and Julian Sheldon have
been appointed as members of the board of
review. The first meeting of the board will
be held at the office of the supervisor in the
postoffice block on Tuesday, May 18th.
At a special meeting of the Paw Paw fire
department held last Saturday evening, Chief
Stevenson made an interesting report of the
proceedings of the state firemen's association,
which met at Grand Rapids last week
1t is reported that the narrow gauge will
ran a line of steamers between South Haven
and Chicago, in connection with its trains.
Such an arrangement would be of great
advantage to the people of this county.
Isn't Progress rather progressive name
for a paper, the March number of which
does not make its appearance until May?
We shall be greatly disappointed if the April
number reaches us later than July 4th.
The Detroit EreHing Ne,cs shows COM
mendable enterprise in sending out to its
country readers an edition containing the
base ball news of the same day. In that re-
spect it holds over its contemporary, the
| Journal.
The annual picnic of the old people of the
township of Almena, will be held at the resi-
dence of b. w. Hipp on Wednesday, May
25th, at ten o'clock a. m. These picnics have
| become an institution in that township.
Remember the date.
Marshall d Van Fleet have received new
and complete stock of summer millinery,
hats caps, trimmings, etc. Ladies are in
vited to call and examine. Especial atten-
| ton called to the new Patti hustle, something
never before kept in Paw Paw.
Judge Pomroy sent Judge Hilton a mag
nifcent pair of Texas steers horns from San
Antonio, Texas. The horns are finely pol
ished, perfectly matched, and measure five
feet and half an inch across from tip to tip,
each horn being three feet and half an inch
in length.
Richard Cook of Lawrence, used to eat
burdock roots as a sort of health invigorator.
| He don't do so any more One of his child
rem, by mistake gave HIM piece of scoke
root, which came very near killing him.
Richard don't chew roots any more he
eschews them.
DIR. G. w. Ward of Kalamazoo formerly of
this village, died last Friday. His funeral
was held at kalamazoo on Sunday, at two
o'clock in the afternoon. pr. Ward was q
member of the oddfellows' and of the mason
ic lodges at this place and of the commandery
of knights templar at Kalamazoo.
Paw Paw, Mich, boasts of postmistress
fifty years old and as pretty as picture
Teras SJttags. o, girls, girls Who has
been giving you away? And which one OF
you is it anyway? We know all about the
pretty" that applies to either of you; buI
that " fifty years. It's simply horrid, ISM
it?
Mrs. Barnum informs us that during hel
winters sojourn at Citronelle, Alabama, she
heard different versions of the killing of the
Baptist minister at that place during the war
There are good many men in Van Burer
county who could give more correct versior
of il than any of the inhabitants of Citron
ellie.
| At the Gobleville examination, there wer
thirty-three applicants for license to teacl
the young idea how to shoot. The following
lucky individuals drew the coveted prize
Myrtle Bell VIM. G. Dean, Josie Donovan
Harry S. Myers, John Tourney, X. b. Taylor
Carrie Watson, Olive Wilson and Cora M
/ Ruggles.
Two of Paw Paws fat men, John Hodge
and John Showerman, "hoofed it" over from
Lawton the other day. 1t made them swea
and puff considerably, but they propose +
assert their independence of any "blarsted
railroad monopoly. The report that the
intend to enter the list of professional walk
lists and compete for the championship bel
) is believed to be unwarranted.
, Decatur narrowly escaped another coni
grafton few days since-a case of spontar
, eous combustion, arising from a combinatio
/ of scattered shavings and oil drippings i
the cellar of drug store. Only the shar
noses of some of the Decaturites, who smelle
out the smouldering fire, saved the towr
Oiled sawdust, shavings, rags, etc. are pre-
life source of mysterious fires" and to
3 much care cannot be taken to avoid them.
i We have sometimes heard people remar
that it took long time to get up steam at
/ fire. Well, it does sometimes seem Ion
, when fire is raging, but it is only seeming
Last Tuesday evening, when the boys cam
g out for practice and were not trying to hurr
: things, it was exactly five minutes from th
time the fire was lighted under the boile
until the engine was started. How muc
). quicker could hand engine be got int
operation?
: To the list of retail liquor dealers of th
county, published in last weeks NoRTHERNEI
: should be added the names of Nathan Tapli
q and James Rassett Of Hartford. There ar,
I at the present time, twelve saloons in th
county located as follows Paw Paw, thre,
q Gobleville, one; Bangor, one; South Haver
n four; Hartford, three. Last year there wer
). twenty-five. The decrease is, in large dt
gree, owing to the awakened public sentimen
on the temperance question.
!. The Decatur Republican gives notice tbs
@ the law for the protection of fish is violate
by Decatur fishermen every day in the weel
both by spearing and netting. They hav